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Entries for December, 2008

My Geek Christmas

I think we are done with our various Christmas celebrations and my friends and family over-did for me this year (as usual): Lego Imperial Star Destroyer – Star Wars Set 6211. My awesome wife got this for me. Many of the folks I work with at BlueTie have proudly decorated their cubicles with Legos and [...]

Senario NRG MicroFly RC Hovering UFO

I like RC toys, particularly those that fly, so when I saw the MicroFly I knew I had to have one… and another four as Christmas gifts for my family. I usually embrace the opportunity purchase toys for my younger nephews that make noise, launch projectiles or fly around so this was a rather obvious [...]

Setting up PostgreSQL on Linux and connecting using pgAdmin III

In my previous post I covered setting up/installing MySQL and connecting via MySQL Administrator from a remote host. In this post I will talk about the PostgreSQL equivalent. As a side note, any database system should always be behind a firewall of some kind. Putting up a database server on a public IP using the [...]

Setting up MySQL on Linux and connecting using MySQL Administrator

There are a few “gotchas” if you are trying to setup MySQL on Linux server, Ubuntu in this case, and connect to it using MySQL Administrator from somewhere else. Here is what worked for me… Install MySQL server and MySQL GUI Tools To install MySQL on a Ubuntu server use: sudo apt-get install mysql-server If [...]

Another geek blog…

I intend to post my web development notes here for my own reference and in hopes that others might find some useful bits.